Public sector

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Temporary workforce, Your business 3 June 2025

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

Your business, Your recruitment business 3 June 2025

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

Legislation/Regulation, Your business 2 June 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: ECMS, Madison Berkeley, The Education Network

Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

Government plans to re-wire the state with civil servant moves

Thousands of civil servants – including senior leaders – will be based in 13 towns and cities across the UK to work with frontline workers and local leaders.

Legislation/Regulation 15 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Henley Business School, ServiceNow, The Curve Group, Think, UKG

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 May 2025

Is immigration white paper the end of an era for low-skilled migration?

The white paper published yesterday [12 May 2025] represents the end of an era for low-skilled migration and an ambitious shift toward productivity-first immigration.

Advice, Temporary workforce 13 May 2025

Cross-continent MoU could boost environmental health profession amid recruitment struggles

An agreement has been signed, which could help boost recruitment of environmental health officers (EHOs) globally.

Your business, Your recruitment business 8 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Supplier, Technology 6 May 2025

Countdown to zero hours contracts review findings in autumn

Officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will make a decision this autumn as to what further action it might take on zero hours contracts, following newly-announced investigations into the matter.
Your recruitment business 18 June 2013

Total Assist recruits Carline and Crane

Healthcare recruiter Total Assist Group has taken on new business development manager Robert Carline, and appointed new consultant Craig Crane to its nursing division.
Your recruitment business 14 June 2013

Penna gets Hart for government and health interims

HR firm Penna has taken on Nick Hart as a senior consultant in its executive interim recruitment team, focusing on central government and health.
Your recruitment business 14 June 2013

Reserve more notice for employers

Trebling the period of notice to employers whose staff are going on operations with Britain’s military reserve forces is vital to ensure that more reservists are hired.
Your recruitment business 13 June 2013

Interims in public sector ‘turn off’ warning

Plans to meet talent deficits within the Civil Service by buying in key skills could fail unless interims are allowed the flexibility to be paid off the government payroll, according to interim providers.
In-house recruitment 13 June 2013

Taiwan hits heights, Brazil hiring strong finds Manpower survey

A net 40% of employers in Taiwan expect to increase headcount in Q3 2013 – by far the highest figure recorded globally in recruitment firm Manpower’s Employment Outlook Survey.
Your recruitment business 12 June 2013

Defence minister hails partnership approach to wounded vets’ careers service

Defence personnel, welfare and veterans minister Mark Francois says that a new post-military careers service for injured and sick Armed Forces personnel will be a success thanks to its “partnership approach” with “leading service charities”.
Your recruitment business 12 June 2013

Recruiter charity SoldierOn! joins forces with MoD

SoldierOn!, Recruiter’s charity of choice for 2013-14, which works to enable disabled ex-servicemen and women into meaningful, long-term employment, is working with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as part of its new Recovery Career Service for injured service personnel.
Your recruitment business 11 June 2013

Synergy directors sue Caan’s HCIG for £5.5m

A High Court case in which two directors of recruitment and training consultancy Synergy Group are suing James Caan’s Human Capital Investment Group (HCIG) for over £5m continues today.
Your recruitment business 10 June 2013

FINANCIALS: SThree down in first half, HR GO in profit

Staffing group SThree saw group gross profit drop 6% year-on-year in the six months to 26 May (H1 2013), the same day independent recruiter HR GO reported a profit for 2012.
Your recruitment business, Companies 7 June 2013

Wokingham council takes five recruiters on framework

A new framework agreement award by Berkshire local authority Wokingham Borough Council includes five recruitment providers.
Your recruitment business 5 June 2013

MedicsPro teams up with university careers services

The nursing arm of medical recruiter MedicsPro has embarked on working partnerships with a number of university careers services.
Your recruitment business 5 June 2013

FINANCIALS: Servoca flat, but positive on police and education recruitment

Recruitment and outsourcing group Servoca reported both revenue and gross profit for the six months to 31 March down against the same period last year, respectively by 3.5% to £21.47m, and 6% to £5.8m.
Your recruitment business 4 June 2013

Jobs market going forth: Reed’s study is third showing positive trend

Another positive set of results from a major jobs survey has found evidence of burgeoning recruitment activity across the UK.
Your recruitment business 3 June 2013

Business and services again lead Korean jobs growth

South Korea’s ‘business, personal, public and other services’ industry again took the position of fastest-growing sector in terms of workforce for Q1 2013, finds the Korea Labor Institute’s May ‘Trends in the Labor Market’ report.
Your recruitment business 29 May 2013

Remploy looks to get more commercial with Duncan

Major employment services provider Remploy, which has found more than 35,000 jobs for disabled and disadvantaged people in the past two years, will take steps to define its future with the withdrawal of government funding next year.
Your recruitment business 24 May 2013
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